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A Missouri Republican representative has introduced a restrictive abortion bill that attempts to drastically limit the number of abortions peformed in Missouri. Planned Parenthood's Central West End clinic remains the last abortion provider in the state. A Missouri lawmaker has proposed legislation that would drastically reduce the availability of abortions in the state. State Rep. Mary E...

An underage Drinking Initiative was conducted in Chenango County on Thursday. State Police report that one business out of the fourteen that they checked allegedly sold alcohol to a minor. During the initiative authorities say that a trooper is sent in civilian clothes along with “one or several underaged operative(s) who cannot lie about their age or give a fake date of birth (if asked). Whe...

Some towns and villages in Onondaga County are still deciding whether to allow retail marijuana sales in their community. The deadline is Dec. 31. Many Onondaga County communities have voted to block retail cannabis sales as the Dec. 31 deadline to decide looms. In fact, 13 villages or towns in the county are prohibiting marijuana sales under the new state law, according to a count by Syracus...

Dr. Tiffany Crutcher speaks during a Juneteenth celebration in the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 19, 2020. Crutcher is the twin sister of Terence Crutcher, who was killed by a Tulsa police officer in 2016. She is an advocate for police reform and racial justice. This story was published in partnership with The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit news organization that in...

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Almost everything has an angle of law in some way or another. It may be purchasing a property, starting a business, etc. If the matter does not require professional law expertise, you don't need the involvement of any attorney. But there are numerous problems with the legal dimension and require guidance from a lawyer. People and organizations seek ad...

Sunrise over the H Street corridor in Washington, D.C. Perkins Coie’s Bruce Spiva seeks AG job Venable’s Brian Schwalb is also in race Two Big Law attorneys are ready to give up their partnerships—and sizable paychecks that come with them—in bids to become the District of Columbia’s next attorney general. Bruce Spiva of Perkins Coie and Brian Schwalb of Venable, who both run the Washington...

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Despite the gains for women in the legal field in both representation and pay, they still lag their male counterparts by a wide margin. The pandemic has made the situation worse. The effects on women lawyers, especially those with children, during the pandemic were documented in a number of surveys in the past couple of years. Although all lawyers worked from home, women reported taking on a ...

Tiffany Crutcher was worried. Oklahoma lawmakers had passed a new measure stiffening penalties for protesters who block roadways and granting immunity to drivers who unintentionally hit them. The state NAACP, saying the law was passed in response to racial justice demonstrations and could chill the exercising of First Amendment rights, filed a federal lawsuit challenging portions of it. But t...